I never went to college as a kid, either, after all, Armageddon was coming by 1975, so when I graduated high school in 1969, there was just no point. I've recently started aggressively pursuing the last few courses I need to complete a degree I started working on in 1987. At that time, the company I worked for was paying for it (tuition, books, travel, everything as long as I got "B" or better - that was never a problem). Now, my company doesn't pay, but it's worth it to me to foot the bill myself.
For the first time this summer, I took an online course. The course was in Basic Logic, and it was conducted entirely online. I was able to register online, and to order the books from barnesandnoble.com, so it was never necessary for me to go to the school AT ALL Those of you who are saying time is a problem should really look into this - not having to go to classes was a BIG time saver! The syllabus was online, as were all reading assignments and the professor's lecture notes and tutorials. Quizzes and tests were online, too (and, obviously, open-book - but that's not as easy as it sounds if the professor knows what he's doing).
Another benefit of the online course is that the tuition was about half what it would have been if I had taken a course where I actually had to go to class. I'm hoping to take the rest of my courses online, and have already signed up for two courses for the fall semester.
Many, many colleges now offer online courses and other forms of distance learning. The sacrifice of time and money required to get an education is considerably less than in past years!
